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Colorful glass globes by artist Angelo Fico are on display at sidewalk tent A-06 at the 2014 Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts. More than 300 artists, performers and food vendors will be filling the streets of downtown State College and Penn State's University Park campus through July 13.

Image: Patrick Mansell

Art is everywhere at 2014 Festival of the Arts

300 artists, performers and food vendors are in town, on campus

July 11, 2014

Art is everywhere at 2014 Festival of the Arts

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts kicked off Wednesday (July 9) with Children and Youth Day, and continues into Sunday (July 13).

Colorful glass globes by artist Angelo Fico are on display at sidewalk tent A-06 at the 2014 Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts. More than 300 artists, performers and food vendors will be filling the streets of downtown State College and Penn State's University Park campus through July 13.

Emily Laws completed a handwoven rug on July 10 during the first full day at the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts. Emily is working with rug maker Linda Klipple-Surace in booth M-32 on Penn State's University Park campus.

The Tarnished Six provided some traditional dixieland music at the Allen Street stage on July 10 at the 2014 Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts. Free musical performances are presented throughout the festival on three stages around downtown State College and Penn State's University Park campus.

Stained- glass windows by Tom Nedobeck, of Milwaukee, WI, were displayed at his sidewalk tent at the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts on July 10. Nedobeck's work can be found at tent M-06. The Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts will continue through July 13 throughout downtown State College and Penn State's University Park campus.

Baxterbots, created by artist Dan Baxter, are on display at the 2014 Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts at booth location P-06 on Penn State's University Park campus. Baxter's creations are one of several examples of 3D art that can be found at the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts.

Sculptures influenced by Asian antiquities and created by artist David Bryce are on display at tent M-30 on Penn State's University Park campus. Bryce is one of more than 300 artists taking part in the annual sidewalk sale at the 2014 Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts.

Artists tents and visitors lined the streets of downtown State College as the 2014 Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts kicked off it's first full day on the morning of July 10. The festival welcomes more than 300 artists and musicians annually and will continue through July 13.

Image: Patrick Mansell

Each year, more than 100,000 people visit downtown State College and the University Park campus of Penn State to take in visual and performing arts. A smartphone app developed by researchers at Penn State’s College of Information Sciences and Technology can help festival goers navigate through the sites and sounds, and connect with other art lovers.